Feed Editor (Unlicensed) 25 May 2008 19:39:03 GMT Enjoy the HSRC Press Podcast http://www.hsrcpress.ac.za/pages.php?pageid=23 Human Sciences Research Council en http://www.hsrcpress.ac.za/files/podcast/HSRCPressPodcast.gif On May 25, Africa Day, the HSRC Press launched the first book in its “Africa in Focus” series, entitled, Governance in the 21st Century. The book launch opened with a captivating demonstration of indigenous African instruments by South African musician Pops Mohammed. Here Pops introduces the mouth bow of the San people and the “Honey Song”. Legend has it that the song, played on the mouthbow, effectively lulls the bees into a relaxed state so that the San can reach in and harvest honey from the hive. 3 Jun 2011 09:31:06 GMT http://www.hsrcpress.ac.za/product.php?productid=2283 76588A91-0E67-4140-86F1-BD7EB82A91C7 Listen to Ben Roberts, co-editor of South African Social Attitudes – 2nd Report: Reflections on the Age of Hope discuss some of the key findings in this highly anticipated new book.. 20 Oct 2010 13:57:19 GMT http://www.hsrcpress.ac.za/product.php?productid=2280 76588A91-0E67-4140-86F1-BD7EB82A91C7 The HSRC Press has published a collection of essays from varying perspectives that rigorously engage with the issues facing the new South African government. The contributors to the volume entitled The Zuma Administration: Critical Challenges, provide a view into the future and explore the responsibilities that the Zuma administration must take on. The Press spoke to the co-editors of the book - Kwandiwe Kondlo and Herbert Maserumule. Professor Kondlo is the executive director for the Democracy & Governance Research Programme at the HSRC and professor of Public Policy at Wits University in the School of Public and Development Management. Mr Maserumule is a senior lecturer at Tshwane University of Technology and chairperson of the Gauteng chapter of the South African Association of Public Administration and Management (SAAPAM-Gauteng). 17 Feb 2010 13:57:19 GMT http://www.hsrcpress.ac.za/product.php?productid=2273 76588A91-0E67-4140-86F1-BD7EB82A91C7 In December 2007 the Fifth International Conference on Researching Work and Learning (RWL5) was held in Cape Town, the first time the conference had been held in Africa, and the first time it had convened outside of Europe or Australia.In this podcast, the first of 4 parts, the co-editors of Learning / Work: Turning work and lifelong learning inside out , Dr Linda Cooper and Professor Shirley Walters, introduce themselves and explain the need to examine how we learn and work, and why the conference was an important opportunity to do so. 17 Feb 2010 13:57:19 GMT http://www.hsrcpress.ac.za/product.php?productid=2262 76588A91-0E67-4140-86F1-BD7EB82A91C7 In this first segment of a five-part podcast package, the HSRC’s Suren Pillay introduces Professor Mahmood Mamdani, who looks at divergent claims on the number of people killed in the conflict. 1 Oct 2009 07:46:01 GMT http://www.hsrcpress.ac.za/product.php?productid=2255 76588A91-0E67-4140-86F1-BD7EB82A91C7 The innovative methodology adopted with the incorporation of social networks as a research tool and the research assistance and voices of the teenage fathers within this study, is discussed in this final part of the five part podcast package. Dr Sharlene Swartz discusses issues of culture, hierarchies and communities within the context of teenage fathers in South Africa. 4 Sep 2009 19:39:03 GMT http://www.hsrcpress.ac.za/product.php?productid=2268 76588A91-0E67-4140-86F1-BD7EB82A91C7 There are large gaps and silences in academic literature, public understanding, and health promotion strategies when it comes to addressing the needs of South Africans who are involved in same-sex relationships. Award-winning political journalist Christi van der Westhuizen chaired a panel at the Cape Town Book Fair 2009 of contributors to this HSRC Press publication. Here she introduces some of the issues tackled in the book and its co-editor, Professor Vasu Reddy. 4 Sep 2009 19:39:03 GMT http://www.hsrcpress.ac.za/product.php?productid=2265 76588A91-0E67-4140-86F1-BD7EB82A91C7 In this first part of a four-part podcast package, Dr Udesh Pillay, executive director of the Centre for Service Delivery at the HSRC and a co-editor of the volume, explains the central hypothesis with which the book began and his co-editor, Dr Orli Bass, looks at the intangible benefits that the World Cup may offer South Africa. 31 Jul 2009 19:39:03 GMT http://www.hsrcpress.ac.za/product.php?productid=2259 76588A91-0E67-4140-86F1-BD7EB82A91C7 Michael Cosser examines Grade 12 student attitudes towards teaching as a viable career and then student plans for entering the teaching profession after graduation in the first part of this podcast series. He is the author of Studying Ambitions: Pathways from grade 12 and the factors that shape them and co-author of Ambitions Revised: Grade 12 learner destinations one year on (HSRC Press). 17 Jul 2009 19:39:03 GMT http://www.hsrcpress.ac.za/product.php?productid=2250 76588A91-0E67-4140-86F1-BD7EB82A91C7 Michael Cosser examines Grade 12 student attitudes towards teaching as a viable career and then student plans for entering the teaching profession after graduation in the first part of this podcast series. He is the author of Studying Ambitions: Pathways from grade 12 and the factors that shape them and co-author of Ambitions Revised: Grade 12 learner destinations one year on (HSRC Press). 17 Jul 2009 19:39:03 GMT http://www.hsrcpress.ac.za/product.php?productid=2266 76588A91-0E67-4140-86F1-BD7EB82A91C7 In this second part of the four part podcast, Fabian Arends, co-author of Teacher Graduate Production in South Africa and Beginner Teachers in South Africa: School Readiness, Knowledge and Skills (HSRC Press), examines the limitations in the planning of continuing professional development of practising teachers and the challenges in identifying the shortages of subject teachers accurately. 17 Jul 2009 19:39:03 GMT http://www.hsrcpress.ac.za/product.php?productid=2263 76588A91-0E67-4140-86F1-BD7EB82A91C7 In this second part of the four part podcast, Fabian Arends, co-author of Teacher Graduate Production in South Africa and Beginner Teachers in South Africa: School Readiness, Knowledge and Skills (HSRC Press), examines the limitations in the planning of continuing professional development of practising teachers and the challenges in identifying the shortages of subject teachers accurately. 17 Jul 2009 19:39:03 GMT http://www.hsrcpress.ac.za/product.php?productid=2253 76588A91-0E67-4140-86F1-BD7EB82A91C7 One of the suggested solutions for addressing the teacher shortage is reopening teacher training colleges. Professor Linda Chisholm, author of An Overview of Research, Policy and Practice in Teacher Supply and Demand, 1994–2008 (HSRC Press), examines this option more closely in this part of the podcast series. 17 Jul 2009 19:39:03 GMT http://www.hsrcpress.ac.za/product.php?productid=2267 76588A91-0E67-4140-86F1-BD7EB82A91C7 In this final segment of this podcast series, Dr Glenda Kruss, author of Teacher Education and Institutional Change in South Africa and Opportunities and Challenges for Teacher Education Curriculum in South Africa (HSRC Press), discusses the restructuring processes that have taken place in a diverse range of teacher education providers, and the complex ways these can and are shaping future conditions. 17 Jul 2009 19:39:03 GMT http://www.hsrcpress.ac.za/product.php?productid=2230 76588A91-0E67-4140-86F1-BD7EB82A91C7 In this final segment of this podcast series, Dr Glenda Kruss, author of Teacher Education and Institutional Change in South Africa and Opportunities and Challenges for Teacher Education Curriculum in South Africa (HSRC Press), discusses the restructuring processes that have taken place in a diverse range of teacher education providers, and the complex ways these can and are shaping future conditions. 17 Jul 2009 19:39:03 GMT http://www.hsrcpress.ac.za/product.php?productid=2245 76588A91-0E67-4140-86F1-BD7EB82A91C7 At the Cape Town Book Fair 2009, as part of the public programme of events, the State of the Nation was placed under review, with commentary on the challenges that face South Africa, 15 years into our new democracy. In this HSRC Press podcast segment, Dr Pearl Sithole and Dr Mcebisi Ndletyana discuss two of the papers published in South African Governance in Review, the integration of traditional leadership in South African governance and municipal capacity in local government reform. 10 Jul 2009 19:39:03 GMT http://www.hsrcpress.ac.za/product.php?productid=2261 76588A91-0E67-4140-86F1-BD7EB82A91C7 At the Cape Town Book Fair 2009, as part of the public programme of events, the State of the Nation was placed under review, with commentary on the challenges that face South Africa, 15 years into our new democracy. In this HSRC Press podcast segment, we hear the views of three contributors to the State of the Nation: South Africa 2008: Dr Kwandiwe Kondlo, Dr Somadoda Fikeni and Professor Sampie Terreblanche. 10 Jul 2009 19:39:03 GMT http://www.hsrcpress.ac.za/product.php?productid=2231 76588A91-0E67-4140-86F1-BD7EB82A91C7 Professor Brian Raftopoulos, author and senior research fellow at the Centre for Humanities Research at the University of the Western Cape discusses the representation of history in the context of his forthcoming book on the history of Zimbabwe. 30 Jun 2009 19:39:03 GMT http://www.hsrcpress.ac.za/product.php?productid=2044 76588A91-0E67-4140-86F1-BD7EB82A91C7 30 Jun 2009 19:39:03 GMT http://www.hsrcpress.ac.za/product.php?productid=2044 76588A91-0E67-4140-86F1-BD7EB82A91C7 30 Jun 2009 19:39:03 GMT http://www.hsrcpress.ac.za/product.php?productid=2193 76588A91-0E67-4140-86F1-BD7EB82A91C7 Two years into the transition to democratic rule in South Africa, a little-known healer-diviner, Nicholas Tilana Gcaleka, stumbled onto the stage of history. He claimed to have brought the skull of Xhosa king Hintsa back to South Africa from Scotland, where he said he had traced it. Amidst a flurry of media attention, the skull was confiscated from Gcaleka and handed to a team of scientists to “prove” its authenticity. They declared the cranium was that of a human female, and definitely not Hintsa. Gcaleka was proclaimed, at least, laughable, and at worst, a liar. This event therefore poses the question: is South African history developing an authentic new discourse or is it stuck in the colonial archive? Through mining a rich field of research, from colonial archival material to contemporary museum exhibitions, Lalu states in his book 'The Deaths of Hintsa: Postapartheid South Africa and the shape of recurring pasts' that overcoming apartheid has required coming to terms not only with the effects of history, but with the discourse of history itself. Hear the views of Professor Lalu, along with those of historians Leslie Witz and Ciraj Rassool, in this podcast. 8 Dec 2008 19:39:03 GMT http://www.hsrcpress.ac.za/product.php?productid=2238 76588A91-0E67-4140-86F1-BD7EB82A91C7 Employing the expertise of researchers, energy professionals, academics and activists to shed light on the larger social, economic, ideological and spatial dynamics shaping electricity reforms in southern Africa and the continent, 'Electric Capitalism' is an important book about the importance of electricity in Africa. In commentary that ranges from the use of nuclear power to the search for alternative energy sources, the gendered nature of the manufacture and distribution of electricity, the provision of free basic electricity, the building of hydro-electric dams and more, authors David McDonald, Liz McDaid, David Fig and Wendy Annecke probe the intricacies of the contemporary electricity sector in this podcast. 8 Dec 2008 19:39:03 GMT http://www.hsrcpress.ac.za/product.php?productid=2243 76588A91-0E67-4140-86F1-BD7EB82A91C7 South Africa offers a rich context for the study of the interrelationship between the media and identity. The essays collected here explore the many diverse elements of this interconnection, and give fresh focus to topics that scholarship has tended to overlook, such as the pervasive impact of tabloid newspapers. Interrogating contemporary theory, the authors shed new light on how identities are constructed through the media, and provide case studies that illustrate the complex process of identity renegotiation taking place currently in post-apartheid South Africa. The contributors include established scholars as well as many new voices. Collectively, they represent some of South Africa’s finest media analysts pooling skills to grapple with one of the country’s most vexing issues: who are we? 14 Aug 2008 19:39:03 GMT http://www.hsrcpress.ac.za/product.php?productid=2222 76588A91-0E67-4140-86F1-BD7EB82A91C7 For a long time economists have warned that abundant natural resources are bad for economic development because their exploitation stunts manufacturing exports, favours rent-seeking activities by politically well-connected people, and generally leads to unsustainable policies for which, as so often, the poor end up paying the price with lost growth and opportunity. But over the last few years the so-called resource curse has been revisited as historically uninformed, theoretically unsatisfactory, empirically incorrect, and largely useless for development policy. 1 Jul 2008 19:39:03 GMT http://www.hsrcpress.ac.za/product.php?productid=2221 540FED0D-CA07-489A-8855-3A8BC48D033B An important historical record of one part of post-apartheid South Africa’s policymaking, Changing Social Policy in South Africa charts the generation of the Report of the Lund Committee, which ultimately resulted in the establishment of the Child Support Grant (CSG) in post-apartheid South Africa. 1 Jul 2008 19:39:03 GMT http://www.hsrcpress.ac.za/product.php?productid=2213 540FED0D-CA07-489A-8855-3A8BC48D033B South Africa's democratic experiment is confronted with a central political dilemma: how to advance redress and address historical injustices while building a single national identity. This issue lies at the heart of many heated debates over issues such as economic policy, affirmative action, and skills shortages. Government has opted for racially defined redress while many of its critics recommend class as a more appropriate organising principle. 10 Jun 2008 18:15:50 GMT http://www.hsrcpress.ac.za/product.php?productid=2228 6B719CFB-2FC1-441F-9C88-BD5A5DAEEA94 Stealing Empire poses the question, "What possibilities for agency exist in the age of corporate globalisation?" Using the work of Antonio Negri and Michael Hardt as a point of entry, Adam Haupt delves into varied terrain to locate answers in this ground-breaking inquiry. He explores arguments about copyright via peer-to-peer (P2P) platforms such as Napster, free speech struggles, debates about access to information and open content licenses, and develops a politically incisive analysis of counterdiscourses produced by South African hip-hop artists. 30 May 2008 19:39:03 GMT http://www.hsrcpress.ac.za/product.php?productid=2219 5983BBC5-C2DB-4A9A-BB4E-3C0EC309555A